We've launched a new academic curriculum subcommunity exclusively for Knowledge Exchange members. Here you can collaborate with other educators on designing academic curriculum that connects theory and practice. Our first focus is analytics and big data...

While the most important five-day shopping period of the year in US is about to begin, retailers and marketers are all set to welcome shoppers from across the world. Yet, once again, big data and analytics remains the most important tool in...

We all are reading about IT Infrastructure and how it is at the core of everything which is happening today. But are organizations really leveraging it effectively? A large amount of revenue is lost by companies each year because of their inability...

Faculty value the opportunity to provide students with real world industry experiences. As such, IBM and Hadoop invite your students to participate in a Big Data for Social Good Challenge . This is a great learning opportunity for...

Nothing stays the same. Change is the one constant in our world, especially in the world of information technology (IT). This paradigm certainly holds true for the storage software technology that until recently was known as IBM General Parallel&nbsp...

Unless you live unplugged you certainly saw the astounding pictures of Comet 67P/Churyumov–Gerasimenko taken by the Philae lander. Besides producing nice images, Philae embarked scientifc instruments , each developed by a European...

For educators interested in collaborating on big data & analytics curriculum, the next analytics team meeting is Wednesday, November 19th at 10:00am EST or 15:00 UTC.
To participate, Join the Knowledge Exchange .
You will be given...

Today, enterprises are looking to leverage their systems, applications and data to provide new services for their clients across data center boundaries using hybrid cloud for private and public cloud interaction.
A recently prototyped...

Today, Mobile is more than just another business channel - It is fundamentally changing the business landscape. Executives need to stay in touch 24x7 with what is happening in their businesses. These always-on, smart, connected devices have become the mobile...

Update on Jan 10, 2015.
Decision Optimization on Cloud open beta is now available. I documented step by step on boarding here, but you can also try by yourself here .
Trying Decision Optimization on Cloud beta: part 1, Demo
Trying...

Recently, Synergy Research Group named IBM the number one hybrid and private cloud provider for the enterprise and positioned IBM among the top three providers in the cloud market for the third quarter of 2014.
With Synergy Research’s findings...

We are proud to announce a new release of CPLEX that will be available on December 5 for electronic delivery for paying customers. Date for academic initiative availability isn't known yet but we'll work to make it as soon as possible.
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I recently participated in a great event featuring Bluemix education and an app challenge designed to help start-ups, students and the technology enthusiasts get started on Bluemix - at the STEAM Carnival Hacker Preview Day in Los Angeles. The...